Just in time for the summer, about 250 students at Avon Elementary School in Barrington sign up to get new library cards from the Camden County Library System like the one pictured here.]

Written by

Mark Amorosi
Reader Submitted

VOORHEES, NJ - June 21, 2013 - Sometimes one phone call can make all the difference.

It has for almost 250 students at the Avon Elementary School in Barrington where perhaps as many as 80 percent now have a public library card and access to thousands of books and scores of programs at the Camden County Library System.

"Last week Barrington Borough Superintendent and Avon School Principal Anthony Arcodia, called me and indicated an interest in getting as many of his students set up with library cards before summer to promote reading," relates William Brahms, branch manager of the M. Allan ...